How To Use Fdformat To Format A New Diskette - Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Owner's Manual

How to Use fdformat to Format a
New Diskette
Before You Begin
You must format new diskettes before you use them. The simplest way to format, list
the contents of, read, copy, or eject a diskette is to use the File Manager tool. Refer to
Solaris User's Guide for information about File Manager.
If the server is set up without a local console, you need to set up a console on it in
order to issue software commands; see:
"About Setting Up a Console" on page 19
If the diskette is write-protected, you need to remove the write protection; see:
"How to Allow Writing to a Diskette" on page 195
What to Do
1. Insert the diskette into the diskette drive.
2. From the console device, enter the fdformat command.
Type the appropriate command, as listed for your diskette. It takes a minute or two
for the system to format the diskette.
Diskette Density
High Density (HD)
Medium Density (MD)
Low Density (2DD)
You can now write to and read from the diskette.
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Storage Capacity
(Formatted) Command
1.44 Mbytes
fdformat
1.2 Mbytes
fdformat -m
720 Kbytes
fdformat -l